DAI, a global development company based in the United States, is seeking an Accountant for its USAID Economic Resilience Activity project. The project hopes to improve the overall economic resilience of eastern Ukraine.

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DAI, a global development company based in the United States, is seeking an Accountant for its USAID Economic Resilience Activity project. The project hopes to improve the overall economic resilience of eastern Ukraine.

Submission Instructions: Please submit CVs in English. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. No email or phone inquiries, please.

Role’s Purpose: The Accountant is a keymember of the finance team. He/She will play a pivotal role in assuringadherence to financial policies, project policies and procedures, regulations,controls, and reporting systems. The Accountant will provide accounting andfinancial analysis support to the project office and will ensure submission of financial reports based on internal deadlines. This position will ensurecompliance of all accounting and financial reporting functions. Responsible forrecording costs and day to day general accounting, accounts receivable/payable,payroll, risk management, managing partner relationships, assuring all backupdocumentation is audit ready, and troubleshooting accounting issues. Theindividual is also responsible for cash flow analyses, and the overallfinancial well-being of the project. Specific responsibilities include:

Objectives and Duties

Financial Reporting

• Prepares vendor and remittance tax forms and ensure these are submitted in a timely manner
• Prepares and submits monthly reconciliation reports for review
• Oversees the reporting of expenses by regional offices (if applicable)
• Monitors and reports on partner/vendor payment schedules and obligations
• Assists in preparing information for any contractual financial reporting requirements

Audit

• Ensures thataccounting policies and practices are carried out in accordance with GAAPstandards as well as in accordance with local accounting standards; projectinternal controls are established and implemented in accordance with DAIpolicies, USAID rules/regulations and the terms of the contract

• Conducts daily reviewsof backup documentation to ensure completeness, accuracy, and full compliancewith DAI’s, USAID regulations and local law requirements

• Responsible forrecording and assigning costs based on approved budget in field accountingsystem (FAS)

• Verifies accuracy of expenses, and project accounting codes

• Conducts daily bankpayments and ensures request for payments have appropriate approvals

• Ensures backupdocumentation is uploaded to relevant system according to set deadlines

• Uses field accountingsystem (FAS), cloud software for backup documentation, and DAI’s operationssystem (TAMIS), etc. regularly

• Communicates with homeoffice system support teams on troubleshooting technical issues

• Ensures accurate andtimely processing of invoices, advances and reimbursements, checks, and wiretransfer payments

• Audits travel requestsand expense reports for accuracy and compliance

• Ensures the timely depositof cash receipts

• If applicable, ensurespetty cash is maintained according to maximum petty cash policy, and that allpetty cash procedures are followed

• Supports periodic cashcounts

• Ensures the safeguardof bank checks, cash receipts, and petty cash

• Analyzes andreconciles project inventory on a regular basis ensuring that thevalue/purchase price of projects assets reflected in the inventory registeragrees with the total shown in the cumulative Non-Expendable account balance

• Prepares and submitsmonthly financial reports for review to Finance Manager and Finance andOperations Director

• Supports preparationof internal and external audits

• Reviews employmentagreement and modifications and updates salary calculations based on local andcompany requirements

• Responsible formaintaining file management systems for soft and hard copy documentation

• Maintains files on grant/procurement/subcontractor documents and modifications as applicable

• Collects wire requestsfrom field offices and initiates wire requests for project implementation

• Collects payrollrequests from field offices and proceeds with salary payments for all projectstaff. Processes timely and accurate payroll paymentsfor the project and ensures leave balances, and payroll taxes are accurate

• Ensures that foreigntaxes paid, if any, are tracked, recorded, and reported to USAID in accordancewith ADS guidelines

Qualifications

• B.A. Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or equivalent.
• 4+ years of relevant experience and progressive responsibility in finance and accounting, office administration, project operations at the mid-level of an organization
• Experience managing USAID funded projects is preferred
• Experience with enterprise accounting software, and Microsoft office suite
• Demonstrated knowledge of internal controls and audit processes (e.g. procurement, local subcontract agreements, etc.)
• Demonstrated report writing skills in English is required.

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